REMINDER/Applied Materials Hosts U.S. Secretary of Education Riley on Silicon Valley Visit
REMINDER...for Wednesday (Aug. 25)
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
When: Wednesday, August 25, 1999, from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
What: Applied Materials hosts U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W.
Riley for an invitation-only breakfast meeting with Silicon
Valley corporate and education leaders.
The meeting topic addresses one of the most critical issues in
Silicon Valley: how we can work together to improve our
schools.
Where: The Fairmont Hotel's Club Regent, 170 S. Market Street, San
Jose.
Coverage Opportunities:
Media representatives are invited to sit in on a closed-door
breakfast/briefing. Informal one-on-one interview and photo
opportunities will be available immediately following with:
-- U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley
-- Dr. Glen O. Toney, Group Vice President, Applied Materials and
former Chair of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network's 21st
Century Education Initiative
Background:
Secretary Riley's meeting with Silicon Valley corporate and
education leaders kicks off a day of activities produced in
partnership with Applied Materials, the Commonwealth Club/Silicon
Valley and Project H.E.L.P. (High Expectations Learning Program). From
11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Secretary Riley will appear at a Commonwealth
Club luncheon in the Fairmont Hotel's Imperial Ballroom. From 2 to 3
p.m., he will appear at a Sunnyvale convocation at Ellis Elementary
School for Project H.E.L.P students.
Applied Materials, Inc. is a Fortune 500 global growth company
and the world's largest supplier of wafer fabrication systems and
services to the global semiconductor industry. The Commonwealth
Club/Silicon Valley is the South Bay branch of the Commonwealth Club
of California, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum.
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CONTACT: For Applied Materials, Inc.
Callie Gregory, 408/738-8407
callieg@earthlink.net
Ursula Surgalski, 408/748-5896
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS EDUCATION REMINDER